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Return Part Of A String
 
 
Returns the portion of string specified by the start and length parameters. If start is non-negative, the returned string will start at the start'th position in string, counting from zero. For instance, in the string 'abcdef', the character at position 0 is 'a', the character at position 2 is 'c', and so forth.
 
 
  1. <?php

  2. echo substr('abcdef', 1);     // bcdef

  3. echo substr('abcdef', 1, 3);  // bcd

  4. echo substr('abcdef', 0, 4);  // abcd

  5. echo substr('abcdef', 0, 8);  // abcdef

  6. echo substr('abcdef', -1, 1); // f

  7.  

  8. // Accessing single characters in a string

  9. // can also be achived using "curly braces"

  10. $string = 'abcdef';

  11. echo $string{0};                 // a

  12. echo $string{3};                 // d

  13. echo $string{strlen($string)-1}; // f

  14.  

  15. ?>
 
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